A
TRUE
NARRATIVE
OF
THE
BLOODY
MVRTHER
OF
THE
Earl
of
Essex
,
UPON
Himself
,
being
now
Prisoner
in
the
Tower
.
ON
Friday
morning
about
Seven
of
the
Clock
,
being
the
thirteenth
of
this
instant
July
;
His
Majesty
and
Royal
Highness
came
down
from
Whitehall
in
their
Barges
to
the
Tower
,
to
take
a
view
of
the
Store
houses
,
and
was
walking
there
some
considerable
time
about
the
lines
,
and
coming
by
the
Earl
of
Essex
his
chamber
,
the
Earl
was
struck
with
such
remorse
of
Conscience
,
to
think
what
a
loyal
man
his
Father
was
,
and
how
he
gave
his
life
a
Sacrifice
for
the
late
King
,
of
blessed
memory
,
and
considering
how
lately
he
had
free
access
to
his
Majesty
;
but
now
being
under
confinement
,
and
the
terror
of
a
guilty
Conscience
,
desperately
cut
his
own
Throat
with
his
Razor
and
deprived
himself
of
Life
immediately
,
and
from
thence
was
carried
to
the
Captain
of
the
Warders
lodgings
to
be
disposed
of
as
his
Majesty
shall
think
most
fit
.
I
hope
this
will
be
a
warning
to
all
to
take
care
how
they
involve
themselves
in
such
horrid
designs
least
their
portion
prove
fatal
like
his
,
but
now
let
the
world
know
,
that
such
cruel
Bloody
designs
,
especially
against
a
Prince
most
Merciful
and
Gracious
,
can
never
go
unpunished
,
but
will
undoubtedly
meet
with
a
recompence
answerable
to
the
deserts
of
such
horrid
Cruelties
.